Come on!

"I’m raising funds for the MS society in a show of support for my good friend Roger who was diagnosed with MS back in 2001. Roger is a really positive person and since his diagnosis he hasn’t moped around feeling sorry for himself, he has been an inspiration to me and many others as he spends his time raising funds and awareness for the MS Society . MS is a life-long, chronic condition for which there is currently no cure. The funds raised will go towards improving treatment and care to help people with MS take control of their lives as well as funding research to beat MS for good. Any contributions towards my £300 goal would be greatly appreciated by me, Roger and the MS Society ." Obviously, the above is not my writing, but those of/for/on-behalf of a great friend of mine who is taking on the  arduous  task of running 13.1 miles in the Great North Run 2016, for the Newcastle and Gateshead Multiple Sclerosis branch.  I was present there last year as a ' c...

For the first time in my life I got involved in the Great North Run . Bit late maybe. Not running it of course – not being a runner – but supporting via an organised cheering bus with the MSSociety . I was torn between going to the Charity Village at the race end point or being a ‘cheerer’; which I opted for. I thoroughly enjoyed being part of the cheering gang. It was an immense place to be! To be there before 9am seeing some of the route when on way to where the bus was parked was nearing feeling quite ‘eerily’. Very very few people about – the occasional jogger (I know!) or dog walker – no sunshine at that time and also very quiet; in a strange (to me) place. Upon seeing the familiar orange and reaching the bus we (me and Kelbel) were met by others clad in MS Orange, our (sub-)theme for the day. What I mean by that is yeah, we were all supporting the whole of the GreatNorth Run and ALL of it’s fantastic participants, with a little more bias for those (450 registered) ta...